An antenna instead of a torch, with a brightly lit tip and possibly some Christmas tree icicles to make it sparky sparkly.
--- On Fri, 1/23/09, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Russell Senior <[email protected]> > Subject: [ptp-general] Re: Starlight Parade 2009? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 11:35 AM > >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Weinberg > <[email protected]> writes: > > Russell> I thought of this last year, when it was of > course too late. > Russell> I think this would be a fantastic way of > getting exposure to > Russell> lots of people who don't already know about > us. There is a > Russell> $250 entry fee and we'd need some kind of > float or display or > Russell> uniforms or something. The deadline for entry > is March 6. > Russell> If we want to do this (and, I think it's a > fantastic > Russell> opportunity for publicizing our mission), we > should start > Russell> talking about how, now. > > Michael> The entry fee is pretty reasonable, but the > float would make > Michael> of break it. I think if we do it, we better do > it cool, not > Michael> just marching with a banner. Does anyone have a > truck that > Michael> could pull our float (or maybe just be the > float)? Should it > Michael> be bicycle powered? I think we could put > together something > Michael> pretty cool, lets start putting some ideas down > on > Michael> paper/wiki. > > Leaving some of the technical issues aside for a moment, > just to get > the creative juices flowing, here's one idea: > > a Statue of Liberty, but with a Linksys WRT instead of a > torch and a > laptop instead of a tablet or book or whatever she is > holding. > Either out of paper mache or by painting a > properly-draped person > head-to-toe in a copper-patina. > > > -- > Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have > ten.'' > [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
